* General - New 'plugins' sub-command to 'debug' command (i.e. '/debug plugins') to announce the list of loaded plugins (in both Finch and Pidgin). - Always rejoin open chats after an account reconnects.

* MSN - Don't forget display names for buddies. - Fix a random crash that might occur when idle. - Fix more FQY 240 connection errors. - Fix a crash that could occur when adding a buddy. - Fix an occasional crash when sending message to an offline user. - Fix a random crash that might occur when idle. - Fix a crash when logging in with some long non-ASCII passwords. (Shaun Lindsay) - Cache our own friendly name as the server no longer does that for us. Users of older versions may need to re-set their friendly name as it has probably been reset.

* XMPP - Users connecting to Google Talk now have an "Initiate Chat" context menu option for their buddies. (Eion Robb) - Fix a crash when attempting to validate an invalid JID. - Resolve an issue when connecting to iChat Server when no resource is specified. - Try to automatically find a STUN server by using an SRV lookup on the account's domain, and use that for voice and video if found and the user didn't set one manually in prefs. - Fix a crash when adding a buddy without an '@'. - Don't show the option to send a file to a buddy if we know for certain they don't support any file transfer method supported by libpurple. - Keep the avatar on the server if one is not set locally.

* Pidgin - The userlist in a multiuser chat can be styled via gtkrc by using the widget name "pidgin_conv_userlist". (Heiko Schmitt) - Add a hold button to the media window. - Fix a bug where the conversation backlog stops scrolling in a very busy chat room. - In the Conversation "Send To" menu, offline buddies appear grayed out (but are still selectable). Previously, only offline buddies on accounts that do not support offline messaging appeared grayed out.

* Pidgin Preference and Preference Window Changes - Removed the "Use font from theme" and "Conversation Font" preferences for everyone except Windows users. The font can be controlled from the Pidgin GTK+ Theme Control plugin. - Tabs in the Preferences window are now on the left side. - The Browser tab is now visible for GNOME users. - Added a Proxy tab shown no matter what environment Pidgin runs in. - The Browser and Proxy tabs show appropriate GNOME-specific messages and allow launching the correct applications to change the relevant GNOME preferences if found. These were previously together on the Network tab. - Moved the port range spin buttons on the Network tab to be beside the checkbox that enables/disables them. - Reorganized preferences on the Status/Idle tab to have one less "section." - Reorganized preferences on the Sounds tab to have one less "section." - Renamed Smiley Themes tab to Themes. - Moved Buddy List Theme and Status Icon Theme selectors from Interface tab to Themes tab. - Moved Sound Theme selector from Sounds tab to Themes tab. - Changed the Smiley Theme selector to be consistent with the other theme selectors. - Rearranged tabs such that Interface is first and all remaining tabs are alphabetized in English.